
The Great Salt Lake has already lost half its surface area in our lifetime. Now developers want to build the biggest data center in the country on its north shore—with zero environmental studies and 24 at-risk species hanging in the balance.

Utah's leaders invited a Canadian billionaire into the desert and promised him 9 gigawatts of energy—more than double what the entire state uses today. While you're asked to conserve every drop, here's what they're really handing away.